RSS chief Rajendra Singh yesterday said it was for the BJP to decide whether it needed to purge the organisation of elements lacking discipline and nurturing perverse ambitions.
However, I think such a situation has not arisen, even though there has been some indiscipline among those indiscriminately admitted into the party during the last few years, when it has grown rapidly, Singh told a press conference here.
Asked whether there was no more any room for prodigals in the RSS, he said there was still some place in the organisation for them, but not for those whose behaviour was marked by perversity like the Gujarat Chief Minister, Shankar Sinh Vaghela.
The RSS Sarsangachalak said Vaghela had recently expressed a wish to meet him, but he had declined to meet him. In the RSS, the country came first, and the organisation next and only then, the individual. By his perverse revolt in Gujarat for the sake of power, Vaghela had done much damage to the country and the organisation, the RSS chief said. However, he did not see a similar situation emerging in Rajasthan.
Asked whether the BJP had given up or diluted Hindutva in the recent times, Singh replied in the negative. There was nothing wrong in the BJP having a formal alliance with the Akali Dal in Punjab even if the two parties had fundamental differences over the Anandpur Saheb Resolution.
They (the BJP) have not given up their principles. In fact, their coalition parties may learn from them, he said.
On the continuance of militancy in Kashmir, the RSS chief said it was too early to criticise the Farooq Abdullah regime. The military would not take action with confidence, if one started criticising the popular government so soon, he added.
However, Abdullah should remain in the correct path. He agreed that the situation had not improved in recent times, as not a single Hindu and many Muslim leaders were not in a position to go back to Jammu and Kashmir.
On criticism by Eelam supporters in Tamil Nadu that Hindu organisations had not condemned the bombing of temples in northern Sri Lanka, Singh said merely condemning a particular instance of bombing was not enough. My feeling is the whole war should be stopped.
To a question on a separate Tamil Eelam, he said Sri Lanka should not be divided, but Tamils should not be denied their due with regard to the status of their language, culture and education. India could intervene, not directly, but politically, to help restore peace there, he said.
